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CENTENNIAL
PROGRAM
1850
1950 ILLINOIS
WESLEYAN
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MID-WINTER CONVOCATION
HONORING
THE
Febrttary
FOUNDERS
8� 1950
MEMORTAL GYMNASIUM, BLOOMINGTON, IT-UNO!-
]0:30
A.M.
"lVe take up the ta.rk etema! allellhe I",,-elen (Illel the le.fsoll, Pioneen! 0 pioneer.r!'" -\X!bitman
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Progranl
Memorial GY1l1nasinm-10: 30
A, M.
(Academic Procession forms at Gymnasjum, 10 :00
A.M.)
Elgtl!'
Processional- "Pomp and Circumstance" (Audience w ill stand Juring Processjonal)
Hymn
"Faith of Our Fathers"
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Faith of ow: fathers! we will strive Tu win all nations uoto thee, And through the truth that comes from God Mankind shall then be truly free. Faifh of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to thee till death.
Faith of our fathers! living still
In s p ite of dungeon, lire, and sword:
o h ow Ollt hearts beat high with joy Wbene'el' we hear that glori o us word! Fajth uf our fathers, holy faith! We will be h'lle to thee till death
Faith of ollr fathers! we will lOve Both friend and foe in all our strife,
And preach thee, too, as love knows how l3y kindly words and virtuou.s life: Faith of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to thee till death. Amen. -Rtbe1' Voice of
the
Past
THE REVEREND
Pr�lye[
Collegiate
Choir -
STONEY A.
GUTHRIE
LlItber-Afllell(Jj'
"A Mighty Fortress Is OUf God"
Lloyd PEautsch, Director
Scripture Reading
Solo - "Lord, God of Abraham"
THE REVEREND HAROLD R. MARTIN
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Ml?nde/J.ro/)}7
EUjah Francis Barnard
University
Ordlestra
Kenneth Cuthbert,
Director
Libera l Education" DR. DONALD J. COWLING
Address
"General Education�
Conferr ing of Ho nora ry
PRESIDENT MERRILL J,
Degrees
HOLMES
McKendree McElfresh Blair Doctor of Divinity J ohn Dystant, Doctor of Divinity Charles J ohn Kinrade, Doctor of Divinity Noble Judson Puffer, Doctor of laws ,
Alma Wesleyana From hearts atlame, our love we pledge to thee, Where'er we wander, over land
at
sea;
Through time unending loyal w.e wi1l be
True to Our Alma Mater, Wesleyan. When colJege days are fully past and gone, While life endures, from tw.ilight dream till dawn, Grandly thy soul shall with us linger on Star-crowned, Ollr Alma Mater, Wesleyan!
-Schttltz
THE REVEREND RAyn RAC-;AN
Benediction
Recesslonal- "Huldigungsmarsch"
-
from
Sigurd Jorsalfor Suite
Gl'ieg
(Audience w.ill remain standing during Recessional)
FUTURE EVENTS IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL YEAR
March 21-7:15 P.M., Town Meeting of the Air, sponsored jointly by Illinois Wesleyan University, The Daily p(Jlltagraph, Radio Station WJBC-Scottish Rite Temple Annual Commencement-June 3-5 Illinois Conference of the Methodist Homecoming November )
Educational
3- 5
Conference, December
2
Church, beginning
J une
6
Historical Exhibit Buck Library will present ail exhibit
early history of Illinois Wesleyan
of materials relating to
the
Ulliverjily today (February 8)
from t'wo to five o'clock. All persons jnterested in this phase of the CentennIal Progral11 should
(periodical
alcove) on
the
visit the Buck Weems Memorial Room
main flOOl',